pierre

pierre

1. present active potential connegative of pierrä

Inherited from Middle French pierre, Old French pierre, from Latin petra, a borrowing from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

• (France) IPA^(key): /pjɛʁ/

  (Vosges) IPA^(key): /pjɛːʁ̥/

  (Southern France) IPA^(key): /ˈpjɛʁə/

• (New Brunswick, Quebec) IPA^(key): /pjaɛ̯ʁ/, /pjɛːʁ/

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• Rhymes: -jɛʁ

pierre f (plural pierres)

1. (uncountable) stone (substance)
2. stone (rock, a pebble)

• Haitian Creole: pyè

• caillou

• “pierre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• prière

From the pronunciation of PR.

• IPA^(key): /piˈɛr.re/
• Rhymes: -ɛrre
• Hyphenation: pi‧èr‧re

pierre m or f by sense (invariable)

1. person who works in public relations

• perire, reperì

From Old French pierre.

pierre f (plural pierres)

1. stone

• French: pierre

• pere
• perre
• piere

From Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

pierre oblique singular, f (oblique plural pierres, nominative singular pierre, nominative plural pierres)

1. stone (substance)

• Middle French: pierre
  • French: pierre
• Walloon: pire